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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 15:57:50 -0700
From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Subject: Re: Updated Linux 2.4 Status/TODO List (from the ALS show)
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:47:55PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Then we need to use locking to protect the rss since on a big 64bit box
> we can exceed 2^32 pages in theory and probably soon in practice.

Either that or adjust how we do atomic operations.  I can do
64-bit atomic widgetry, but not with the code as written.


r~
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